Synonyms of overstep

overstep

verb

ˌō-vər-ˈstep 

as in to exceed

to go beyond the limit of

the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exceed
• surpass
• transcend
• overreach
• overshoot
• outrun
• overrun
• encroach
• invade
• infringe
• outreach
• break
• entrench
• trespass
• overdo
• overpass
• overuse
• overwork
• overutilize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of overstep

Others are using the incident to suggest that the bears should be eliminated, extending the current trend to overstep, by relocating or even euthanizing troublesome bears. — Steve Searles, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

The dispute centers on whether CMS overstepped its authority, potentially undermining protections for vulnerable Medicaid recipients. — Michelle Mbekeani, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

In a brief authored by Ben Mesches and other attorneys from Haynes Boone, Holland & Knight and Wilkinson Stekloff, the NCAA argues that Lubbock County (Texas) District Court Judge Ken Curry overstepped his authority last Monday when declaring Sorsby immediately eligible. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 June 2026

This extravagant, cartoonish, and shockingly unfunny folly about the hysteria surrounding a Japanese invasion of California shows a boy-wonder director testing his limits — and overstepping them. — Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 13 June 2026